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| Bisphosphonates may prevent bacteria from developing antibotic resistance. | 20 Jan 2008 05:17 GMT | 4 |
Many strains of e-coli, gram negative rods, readily form sexual pilia and swap DNA with bacteria of other species. They also produce soluble beta amyloid, which they catylise out of solution to form a steel wool style matrix of filaments all out of proportion to their size and
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| Bactrim... Reactions? | 19 Jan 2008 17:06 GMT | 12 |
Last December I developed a rather severe sinusitis flair-up. ...I went to the Dr., and he prescribed the usual 3 weeks of levaquin. It didn't work all that great, this time, and two days after my prescription ran out, I developed a severe sore throat, and my sinustis came back ...
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| raw throat | 18 Jan 2008 03:24 GMT | 1 |
I developed a chronic post nasal drip immediately after a severe cold like illness i caught in late Sept 2005. I've been seeing an ENT in my area who diagnosed me with chronic sinusitis and infections but has nothing to offer for the raw throat I have from the drip. Is there
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| steaming helps | 17 Jan 2008 16:56 GMT | 2 |
For the past 4 months I've stopped irrigation and been using a hot and wet towel. It works great. After waking up, before going to bed, and any time my nose gets clogged or pressured or painful, I heat up a wet towel in the microwave (as hot as my hands could tolerate), then hold ...
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| Chronic Sinus Problems Require Treatment (JAMA got it wrong) | 16 Jan 2008 02:13 GMT | 24 |
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/12/sinus_treatment2.html or http://tinyurl.com/3dwrr7
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| Vision symptoms | 12 Jan 2008 18:24 GMT | 2 |
I have had sinusitis for years and years and only just recently started to get proper people checking it out at last. I also have had a vision problem (though no problem with my eyes in tests) what I get is like a flaring, the best way to describe it is when colors are against a ...
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| Now-Open Letter to Steven L about my Sinus Woes | 10 Jan 2008 16:17 GMT | 3 |
I originally tried to send the following letter to Steven L (as he's known on this forum I believe), but his listed address didn't go through. So, in light of that, I'm submitting it to everyone for hope of a little advice. And Steven, if you see this, I'd still much
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| Ear lavage | 09 Jan 2008 14:57 GMT | 4 |
I got a cold over 3 weeks ago and while I was fine after 4 or 5 days, I did continue to get an abundance of mucus for about two weeks. I upped my nasal irrigation from once daily to twice daily. It took awhile to get rid of the green/yellow stuff, but it did gradually
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| Healthy New Year! | 01 Jan 2008 01:39 GMT | 4 |
A bit early, but here in Europe it's sooner 2008 then in the US...:-) (and i don't have internetaccess later on..:-) I wish all of you a very good and healthy 2008! From the Netherlands,
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